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Cloud-based health IT company athenahealth is poised to build an inpatient electronic medical record. The vendor will work with University of Toledo Medical Center to develop an EHR for doctors who work both in a physician practice and in a hospital.
While the market for inpatient electronic health records is mature, there's still plenty of upside for ambulatory systems as accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes struggle to function seamlessly across the continuum of care, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.
From "script kiddies" to sophisticated nation states, healthcare organizations have to be on the lookout for a variety of dangerous bad actors looking to crack its cybersecurity defenses, according to a recent Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology report.
Accountable care organization Steward Healthcare recognizes that a robust IT infrastructure is crucial to the success of integrated care delivery.
What HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern Pennsylvania learned when Pope Francis visited Philadelph…
Not many health information exchanges can say they handled a papal visit, but that's exactly what HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern Pennsylvania did.
Although the majority of organizations have made health IT a priority, integration and interoperability are still major hurdles for accountable care organizations, according to a Premier survey released Wednesday.
Barely a month after its launch, the Carequality Interoperability Framework devised by The Sequoia Project has already signed up five health IT heavy-hitters to be the first to implement its data exchange principles: athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Epic, NextGen Healthcare and Surescripts.
More than two-thirds of non-academic health institutions say precision medicine will play an "average, small or non-existent" role in their plans over the next several years, according to a recent Health Catalyst survey. But it's already making big waves in academic medical centers, which are fast adopting new technologies and integrating genomics into their therapies.
Hospitals not making patient-controlled records a priority, Boston Children's Hospital directors say
Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital are pressing for the healthcare industry to give patients control of their data.
OhioHealth hospitals are among the first users of Epic's MyChart Bedside to enable patients to view their health information, lab results, review videos, exchange messages with their medical team, and generally and plan for the day.